# Tatar
## English
### Etymology 1

From a Turkic language. More at Tatars.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈtɑtɚ/
* Rhymes: -ætɑː(ɹ)

#### Proper noun

Tatar
* An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan. There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
* (obsolete) Tartary.
** 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:Sweeter than the muſk of Tatar, the morning breeze from the navel of every flower raviſhed perfume.

##### Derived terms

* Crimean Tatar
* Dobrujan Tatar
* Dobrujan Tatar
* Kazanian Tatar
* Kazan Tatar
* Siberian Tatar
* Tatarophone

##### Translations
#### Noun

Tatar (plural Tatars)
* A person belonging to one of several Turkic, Tatar-speaking ethnic groups in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
    Synonym: Tartar

##### Derived terms

* Tatarstan
* Tatary

##### Translations
#### Adjective

Tatar (comparative more Tatar, superlative most Tatar)
* Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.
    Tatar customs

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* ISO 639-1 code tt, ISO 639-3 code tat (SIL)
* Ethnologue entry for Tatar, tat ⁠

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, Polish Tatar and Hungarian Tatár, an ethnic surname for a Tatar person.

#### Proper noun

Tatar (plural Tatars)
* A surname.

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Tatar is the 23804th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1062 individuals. Tatar is most common among White (95.95%) individuals.

#### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tatar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

### Anagrams

* Attar, Tatra, attar

## Czech
### Etymology

From a Turkic language.

### Noun

Tatar m anim
* Tatar, Tartar (member of various Turkic peoples)

#### Derived terms

* tatarský

### Further reading

* “Tatar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “Tatar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## French
### Alternative forms

* Tatare (masculine or feminine)

### Etymology

From the same Turkic source as tartare.

### Noun

Tatar m (plural Tatars, feminine Tatare)
* Tatar (member of various Turkic peoples)

#### Related terms

* Tatarie (“Tatary”)
* tatariser
* tatarisation
* tatarophone
* Tatarstan

## German
### Etymology

From a Turkic language.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Tatar m (weak, genitive Tataren, plural Tataren, feminine Tatarin)
* Tatar (member of various Turkic peoples) (male or of unspecified gender)

#### Related terms

* tatarisch
* Tatarisch

### Further reading

* “Tatar” in Duden online

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Unknown, from a Turkic language. More at Tatars.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.tar/
* Rhymes: -atar
* Homophones: tatar, tātar
* Hyphenation: Ta‧tar

### Proper noun

Tatar
* China
    Synonym: Cina

### Further reading

* "Tatar" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Polish
### Etymology

Derived from Turkic. Doublet of Tatarzyn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.tar/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atar
* Syllabification: Ta‧tar
* Homophone: tatar

### Noun

Tatar m pers (female equivalent Tatarka)
* Tatar (a member of one of several Turkic ethnic groups)
    Synonym: (obsolete) Tatarzyn
* inhabitant of Tatarstan

#### Derived terms

* antytatarski
* protatarski
* tatarakowy
* tatarczany
* tatarski
* befsztyk tatarski
* tatar
* tatarak
* tatarczuch
* tatareczka
* tatarka
* tatarski
* tatarskość
* tatarstwo
* tatarszczyzna
* Tatarzątko
* Tatarczuch
* tatarować
* wytatarować

#### Related terms

* tatarstański
* Tatarzyn
* Tatarzynka
* Republika Tatarstanu
* Tataria
* Tatarstan

### Further reading

* Tatar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* Tatar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtatar]

### Proper noun

Tatar m pers (female equivalent Tatarová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Tatar”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تاتار, from a Mongolic or Turkic name of a Khorezmian Turkic (Old Tatar) tribe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tataɾ]
* Hyphenation: Ta‧tar

### Noun

Tatar (definite accusative Tatar'ı, plural Tatarlar)
* Tatar (person)
    Tatarlar, Asya'dan batıya iki dalga hâlinde yayılmışlardır.Tatars spread from Asia to the west in two waves.

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Tatar
* a male given name

#### Derived terms

* Tatarca

### References

* The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 26